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I've attached a copy of the Marriage Certificate.

When you say "witness" do you mean the Vicar? If so, he could have written that the wedding was solemnized on 10 October 1918. Some months passed and someone noticed, either the Vicar or bride/groom that the year was wrong. The Vicar would then correct the mistake by writing in 1917 and he would h...

My grandparents marriage was solemnized on 10 October 1918 but this has been altered to 1917. The witness signed and dated on 9 February 1918. He's the same person who completed the certificate,i.e. he witnessed his own signature. Either the registration was five months after the wedding, or the reg...